The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom

Sex Appeal

Professor Catherine Hakim, an expert on women’s employment and theories of female positions in society, has overlooked the historical notions of beauty and suggests that professional women should use their “erotic capital” to get ahead at work. Hakim coined the term “erotic capital” to cover beauty, social skills, good dress sense, physical More...

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Asian Woman
By Anneline Waldman On Monday, October 24th, 2011

Women: The Solution to Winning the War for Talent in ‘Emerging Markets’

Multinational corporations faced with unprecedented prospects for growth are continuously faced with the challenge of overcoming the short supply of well qualified skilled labor. The emergence of new research by More...

Job Fair
By Aston Waldman On Friday, September 30th, 2011

The Least Effective Job Search Strategy: Job Fairs

We all know that networking is the most effective way to find a job. At the other end of the spectrum is the good old job fair, which comes in last as least effective job search method. This conclusion was supported More...

Email
By Anneline Waldman On Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

5 Annoying E-mail Habits That Will Affect Your Reputation

CC’ing Up Letting the boss in on a heated email exchange with a co-worker, mid-argument so to speak, is a sure way to create serious animosity that will probably be impossible to overcome. To be quite frank, it’s More...

attitude is everything
By Aston Waldman On Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Tips on How to Motivate Yourself and Others

Create a plan / system and follow it. A strategic and systematic plan is the optimal way to achieve a goal. This sounds simple enough, and it really is in the beginning, but the challenge comes when you reach a More...

F Bomb
By Anneline Waldman On Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Cursing at Work – Yay or Nay?

If the widely held assumption that cursing at work is a major no-no, why are so many of us still doing it? It’s almost as though cursing has gone viral. The notable Carolyn Bartz, former Yahoo! CEO, publicly More...

networking
By Florence Fung On Monday, September 26th, 2011

Overcome Your Fear of Networking in a Few Simple Steps

Posting your resume on a job site? Checking job posting sites everyday? Submitting your resume to a company website?  If this all sounds familiar to you, I have some bad news for you. You’re suffering from “hide More...

Corporate Mom
By Lynn Herman On Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Top 10 Best Companies for Working Mothers

Working Mother Media, a company focused on culture change for working moms, women and diversity in the workplace, has challenged corporate America to better serve its working mothers. The media company’s Research More...

Generation X
By Anneline Waldman On Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Generation X: Overlooked and Hugely Important

A recent study by the Center for Work-Life Policy has found that despite being the smallest generation (46 million), Generation X just might be “the most critical generation of all” for employers. Quite commonly More...

Networking
By Kathryn Lim On Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

How to Be a Proactive Job Hunter

Three tips to improve your skills and build your professional network Many people who have recently been awarded undergraduate degrees in the past year are experiencing the difficulties of a more than closed job More...

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